Bird cage and the construction thereof



B. MARKOW BIRD CAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION THEREOF Filed April 15, 1927 AORNEY Patented Got. 2, 1928..

mpsmees Pietr BERNARD MAnKow, on BnooKLYn,J1\-;nw YORK.

fat an 'ZBIRID onennnn THE CONSTRUC ION. THEREOF.

Application filedApril 15,1927. 7 Serial m.-1s3,9a7. v '7 together by suitable spaced bands, and of the proper dimensions for theformation of inclividual cages. After the length or unit has been madethe ends of the bands of each unit are brought. together and secured by a clamp to produce the cage body. I further contemplate the provision of means on certain of said-clamps for, supporting and guiding the cage door and for limitingthe movement of said door in either direction. i V

The various objects ofmy invention will be clear from. the description which follows and from the drawings, in which, 7

Fig.1 is a front elevation of acage constructedin accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective-view of aportion of one of the bands for holding the wires in place.

forsecuring the ends of the band in place. Fig. 4 is-asimilar viewflof the combined clamp and door guide preferably used vfor theupperband of the cage. j Fig. 5 is a similar view of the clamp for the intermediate band which also serves .as a door stop, and I V Fig. 6 is a similar View of part of the band forming ,thelowermostpartof the cage door and of theguiding means for the door.

In carrying. outmy improved method, I provide thefupper band 10, theintermediate band 11 and the lowermost band 12 0f the cage,jwhich are preferably; formed of flat F sheet metalstrips all of preferably the same size and provided with suitable holes as 13 in the desired-spaced relation for the recep tion of the cage wires l l. The flat'perforated blanks are then formed into cha'nnels' wherein the flanges contain the holes 13 and thej wires 14: are passed completely through the holes in both flanges of each of the bands and 11.- In the case of the lowermost.

band 12, the cage wires are passed through the holes in the upper flanges of the channel I and down the lowerfiange, the holes,

Fig-.13 1s a similarview of 'aportionof the lowermost band of the cage and of a clamp so arranged that the mostforwardly parts thereoit are in alignment with the inner face of thechannel web so that the wlres may contact with saidface Withoutdistortion. The

fiatsheet which is preferably-of less width than that of the channel web; of the partly formed band is then laid overthe wires 1 1,

after which'theedge'portions of the-[flanges are bent towards each other and pressedintoclose contact 1 with the sheet 15. whereby the band is bent. substantially intothe form .of

may be performed continuously or'in desired lengths whereby. a structure results n which a series of spaced wires; are held together'by ,a fiattened elongated tube. Theseo'perations the various bands, inwhich the strip. 15ga-nd the portions of the wires 'heldthereby' retain their original size and shape andthe "front and rear of the bands are arra nged parallel with the strip 15 so that'noneoftheparts are mutilated or distorted.

When itis desired ,to form cage, alength-equal to theperiineterbf the finished cage'ispressedabouta block .ofthe desiredshape or otherwise formed into shape and the bands are bent to theproper 'shape1 -witliout;mutilation ot the wires, the free, ends of'the length being brought together,

whereby a cage body of any desired polygonal shape results, For providing the door openan individual I I the wires-14 between the-bands 10*and 11 may be severed closeto said, ban'ds, but

I prefer to arrange theiopening so that; the

freecends of the bands 10yand 11v form the upper'and lower ends thereof-respectively. For securing the free ends of theband 10 in position, Iiprovidethe'cl'amp 16 of sheet.

metal bent into substantially tubularfform and provided with suitable slots; as 27,5adapt- I ed to become finallyarranged on the' inside of the cage with the wires 1-4 at the extremities thereof whereby the clamp may-clear the wires without, interference, and the slots are substantially unnoticeablej In bending the clamp 16 about the band 10,(Fig 4') *1 pre nesses otmaterial, projecting forwardly of the cage and provided-with the perforations 18 through which the wires 19 .ofthecage door QO may bepassed. It will be seen that the cla1np ,16 serves not only to -securethe 7 otherwise free'ends offthe bandlO in place Similarly the clamp 21 5) is used; to

fer to form. the fold or flange 17- of twothiek-I hold. the otherwise free ends of the 1 of efliciency, I prefer to construct said doorof a number of spaced parallel cage wires 19 of the proper length, which length is slightly ;greater 'than'the height of the door opening 23, and- I secure said wires in position by a band 24 arranged preferably at the lowermost ends of the wires, and similar in all respects to the band 12. At the extremities of' the band 24 I provide the door guides 25 each formed 'terial an having a portion thereof bent into referably of a single sheet of maclose Contact with and about the outer sur face of the end of the door band 24. Projecting from the front face of the guide 25 and Hpreferablyuntegral therewith. is the hook member26, which'ispreferably cylindrically shaped to pass about and engage those wires 14 of the cage which areimmediately adjacentto the cage door opening 23.

Itwill be seen that the door 20 may be opened simply by lifting it, in which case the wires'19 thereof are maintained in position by the perforations 18 of the clamp 16 while the hook members 26 engage certain of the wires 14 and prevent transverse and lat- .eral movement of the door'out of its proper position. The flange 17 of clamp 16 serves as astopto limit the uppermost position of the door while the flange 22 of the'clamp 21 serves similarlyto limit the lowermost position of'the door, 2

It will further be-seen that I have provided an improved method for making wire structures of 'the type described and have further provided an improved means consisting of p the various bands for holding the cage wires firmly in'permanent spaced relation without detracting from the good appearance of the structure; It will also be seen that I have provided a novel cage door mounting which serves theadditional function of'securing the free ends ofthe various bands permanently in place. 7 a

It will be understood that various-changes in. the embodiment of my invention illustrated herein may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention and the scope of the appended claims. v

.I claim: 1, In a bird cage structure, aseries of wires, and a banden'closing straight portions,

- of. said wires and frictionally holding said wires in predetermined horizontal spaced relatiomcomprising a substantially closed flat tened tube avmg a series of spaced apertures in the narrowestpart thereof of the cross-sectional shape of and adapted to receive said wires, the wide faces of said tube being parallel throughout and the least depth of said tube measured from front to rear being greater than the diameteriof said wires, and a strip parallel throughout to thefaces of said tube and arranged in the interior of the tube Y between said wires and the rear face of the tube and clampedby the tube in engagement with the wires while the parallelism of the strip and the tube is maintained.

2. In a bird cage structure, the combination with a seriesof wires, of means for maintaining said wires in spaced relation comprisinga flattened elongated tube of a trip of sheet material bentwith the peripheral edges thereof "unn utilated and arranged in close proximity and having perforations therein spaced from said edges for ,the passage of said wires therethrough, and a strip of sheet ma terial entirely within the interior of said tube between said wires and the inner rear face of said tube, said strip, the axes of the portions of said wires within said tube, and the front and rear walls of'said tube, being-substan- Y tially parallel, unmutilated and undistorted.

3. In a bird cage structure, cage wires, and means for frlct onally engaging undistorted portions of said wires for maintainingsaid wires in transverse spaced relation comprising an unmutilated and undlstorted strip engaging said wires, a band, passed aboutsaidwire portions and on to said strip for substantially completely'enclosing said strip and forcing said strip into pressed contact with said wire,

portions, and having perforations spaced from the peripheral edge'sthercof, and adapted to have wires passed through said perforations into the interior thereof, and means for clamping the otherwise free ends; of said band in place. v Q

4. In a bird cage structure, a series of wires,

a tubular band adapted 'to maintain said wires in transverse spaced relation and means for securing the. adjacent ends of said bands in place comprising a strip of sheet material passed aboutand substantially enclosing the end portions of said band and having slots therein extending inwardly from one of the edges thereof at the ends of which slots are arranged the end wires of said band.

5. In. a bird cage structure, wires, a

band adaptedto receive and clamp said wires in place, and a clamping member of less length thanthat'of said band. arranged about said'band and having slots therein in registration with said wires and inwhich said wires are arranged. V

6. In a blrd cage structure, including banded wires andhaving a door opening therein, a combined clamp and door support comprising a slotted clamping member the length of which is equal to the width of said opening," and substantially enclosing the the band GDdS'PtISSII p28. In a bird cage structure, aconio.

banded portions of the wiresiad jacent to said opening, and a folded flange of two thicknesses of material extending from the re-, mainder of said suppor 7. In a bird cage structure, including bands for holding the cage wires in place, a clamp'for said bands, of sheetniater al hav ing spaced slots extending from one'of the peripheral edges thereof toward the -other "edge and bent into substantially flattened and elongated tubular ,forin about't'he ends 'of'each of said bands, with the c through said slots;

clamp and door guide of sheet material bent substantially into a l'lattene'd elongated tube and a perforated flange extending from said clamp, adapted to have the wires of'alcage passed therethrough i V 9. In a bird cagestructure, a clamp for the 7 otherwise free ends of the cage bands, com

prising a piece of sheet material, having transverse spaced slots therein, and bent into substantially tubular form QQOU; said free ends, and a flange pro]ecting from the upper surface of the tubular portion of said clamp, '10. In a bird cage structure having aopening for adoor therein, a pair of tubular bands of predetermined length, each of said bands being arranged respectively at the upper and lower extremities of the door opening, .aclamp for the ends of t-heupper of said bands and door guide combinecLceinprising a sheet of material bent to substantially enclose the ends of the upper band and a,

horizontal perforated flange bent from said;

sheet, and a combined clamp and door step similarly bentabout the ends of the lower band, and having ahorizental flange extending therefrom in substantial alignment with the flange of said combined clamp and door guide.

11. In a bird cage structure having an opening for a door therein, cage wires, means for holdin" said wires in saaced relation comprising a pair of perforated bands, into which saidwires are passed, and arranged at the, upper and lower end of the'door opening respectively, in contact with said wires at the front thereof, and a strip in each of said bands in contact with said. wires at the rear thereof, each of said bands being bent into flattened tubular forin about said strip and said wires, the ends of said bands being arranged at said openings, and clamps of sheet material, each'having a projecting flange thereon arranged about said bands across said opening for secur ng the ends of said band in place and limiting the Vertical ment 0f.a door in said opening.

12. In a bird cage structure, having an opening for a door therein, cage wires, a pair of bands for holding said wires in spaced re lation arranged respectively at the upper moveand lower ends of said opening, and with ined,

wires adjacent to said openin I v '16. The process of'constructing a bird cage their free en'ds' at saidopening, and clamps for securing the endsiofsaid openiiig, each of said clamps having aflange projecting beyond the remainder thereof for limiting the movei'i'ient of'a cage door in saidopcning. 5 "13. In aLbirdv'cage-structure, cage'wi'res,

a cage doorcomprisiiig a plurality of vertical wires, means at the lower ends'of thedoor wires for. holdingsaid wires in spacedrela- .tion, hooked members secured to the ends of the wire 'holdingnieans {and-adapted to en-- gage and slide on the cage wires forguiding said door, aQdoo-r guide'member having aperforatedflange therein for the reception 'of-the-doer wi're's andjfor limiting the movement of thed'oor in one 'direction, and a fianged'mem'ber in spaced relation to the door guide member for limiting the 'movenientof the door in'tlie opposite direction.

14. A door adapted to; slide in theidoori opening of a bird cage comprising a plurality of parallelwires, a band receiving one endof' each ofsaid wires for maintaining said WIIGS in place, and door guide nieniberseach having a'tubular portion substantially enclosing an end portion of said band, and a hookportion, adapted to slide on a cage wire, projecting from the tubular portion.

15. In a bird cage structure havinganopenof the first mentioned clamp, a band forholding the door wiresin place and for-resting I I against the said mentioned clamp in the closed Isa position of the door, and hooked members on theends of the door band engaging the cage body-consisting of perforating aflstrip 'of metal forming said strip'into channel form] with the most forwardly parts of the p'erfo rations in alignment .with the inner surface of the web of the channel, passing Wires throughthe perforations, placing a flat strip 1 over the wires, and bending the flanges of the channel downon to said strip under pressure to cause saidst'rip to press said wires between it and thechannel web while maintaining thewires and the strip undistorted. r

.17; The process of constructing a bird cage body consisting of perforating a strip of metal forming said strip into channel form withfthe most forwardly parts of the perforations in alignmentwit-h the innersurface of the Web of the channel, passing wires over the wires, bending the flanges of the A channel down on to said strip underv pressure to OELUSGSLld strip to press said Wires between through the perforations, placing a flat strip it and the channel web While maintaining the 'body consisting of perforating a strip of metalforming said strip into channel form 7 ill) with the 'lnost forwardly parts of the perforations inaligninent with the inner surface of the Web'of the channel, "passing Wires through the perforations, placing aflat strip over the Wires, bending the flanges of the channel down on to said strip under pressure to cause saidfstripto press saidwires between it and thechannel-web While maintaining the Wires and the strip undistorted,cutting off predetermined lengths of the bands thus f0rnied,'bending the bands into the requiredshape laterally thereof, and passing a clamping band about the free ends of thecage bands.

'19. The process of constructing a bird cage bodv consistin of )erforatin a stri) of metal forming said strip into channelrforni I with the most forwardly parts of the 'perfd rations in alignment With the inner surface of the Web of the channel, passing .fiVlIBS through the perforations, placing a flat strip over the wiresibending the flanges-of the channel down on to SQ-ltl strip under pressure to-cause said stripto press SZLld WlIBS'bBtWOQII 1t and the channel Web While n'iaintaining the Wires and the strip undistorted,cutting'olf predeterinii'ied lengths of the bands thus formed, and bending the hands into the re- I uired' sha ie laterall thereof .oassin a I l a b clamping band about the free, ends of the cage bands and shaping and converging on end of each of the cage Wires. i

I BERNARD MARKOW. 

